It was Johnny Johnson who bricked this little girl to death.'
Don't let them guilt you into doing something. McCulloch, told jurors: 'We are here for one reason and one reason only.
His initial diagnosis was depression but was later diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, similar to schizophrenia.ĭuring the trial, his defense attorney, Beverly Biemdiek, asked the jury to convict him of the lesser charge of second-degree murder, claiming the mental illness prevented Johnson from cool deliberation. Johnson was found guilty of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, kidnapping and attempted forcible rape. Johnson had suffered from mental illnesses from the time he was 13 and was suicidal. In the weeks and days prior, Johnson had stopped taking medication for schizophrenia, according to testimony presented at the trial by his defense. Police said he admitted to kidnapping Casey with the intention of raping and killing her. Investigators did not believe Johnson's story and determined Casey died as a result of blunt force trauma from being struck by rocks. Johnson also told police where her body was claiming she had died in an accident and that he buried her. She had been buried beneath large rocks and debris.
Volunteers who searched for the youngster were devastated when they learned her body had been found
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